Throwing it back to August last year where Vincent and I explored Lisbon together with our friends. It was a short holiday where we did sightseeing in the morning and visited the beaches in the afternoon. Kids love the sea and the mommies want to explore the city and drink espresso. Our holiday only lasted five days. We stayed at a lovely Airbnb apartment.

I fell in love with Lisbon and will for sure go back to explore this beautiful city even more!

Once upon a time, there was a passport that belonged to a girl named Simone Johanna Maria Simons. It got lost in the mail on its way to the Netherlands to be provided with a visa for Japan. The girl and the Tour Manager called the Dutch and German post offices numerous times, to no avail. Every time they were told a different story of where the passport resided or was traveling to. The day where our flight to Japan would take off was getting closer and closer. We decided to come up with Plan B.

Plan B would mean the girl would have to travel to the Lowlands (Netherlands) to report a missing passport and apply for a new one.

The Dutch Post office told us that my passport was sent back to Germany, but it never arrived. Turned out, it was still stuck in the Netherlands for over two weeks.

On the morning after I applied for a new passport, my phone rang. My missing passport was found in Den Hague. I tried to reverse the 'new passport' procedure immediately, but I was too late. The reason why it was held back was because of some missing info. Normally the parcel would be returned to sender.

My old passport was not valid anymore. I can now give it to Vincent to customise it for me 'V-Style', which means there will be a lot of monsters and vampires living in my passport. It will be so much prettier.

Two days after my new passport arrived, I met up with my TM in Maastricht so that he could bring my passport directly to the Visa Office which was still a two-hour drive away. I planned my journey back to Germany with Vincent and kept my fingers crossed that the visa would arrive on time.

In the end, it all worked out and the Dutch Post office apologised for the hassle with a coupon to buy flowers. I got to fly to Japan and have the most wonderful birthday playing new songs and wearing a new dress.

Thank you Eric for helping me get my visa, and also Christine for locating my passport. 💋

One of the most asked questions during my latest Insta Live session was, "What lipstick are you wearing?"

Now I can finally tell you which lipstick it was. It is the new Color Riche Shinerange from L'Oreal in the color #TRENDING, a shiny fuchsia coral which I am wearing in these photos.

In total, there will be 10 colors available in Germany. They range from a peachy nude to corals, reds, and even a grey with pink pearls.

These lipsticks are super glossy and give a beautiful shine to the lips. My favourites are #Trending and #Beautyguru (strawberry red), which I already featured on my Instagram account.

The packaging is sleek and elegant. The scent is very fruity and reminds me of the YSL Volupte Sheer Candy. It does not have the normal perfume that the Color Riche lipsticks have. I am happy about that.

Wearing time is about 3 hours. The pigmentation is different per lipstick, but overall they are very pigmented with just one swipe buildable to achieve a higher coverage. The holographic pearls in the lipstick make the shine look like a layer of water on your lips. I love the wet look, I find it very sexy.

Unfortunately while doing some creative photography I dropped my #Beautyguru lipstick and I can tell you it was messy, haha!

Overall, they are hydrating, fun to wear lipsticks with a very pleasant scent and beautiful packaging.

A great addition to complete my shiny lipstick collection (which is growing rapidly). Enough with the matte lips, I want to shine in 2018. :)